Pep Guardiolaaccused in England of “thinking too much” in important Champions League matches, appealed to logic and to what he has been doing all season: “Tomorrow is nothing special.”
The change he made in the 2021 ‘Champions’ final against Chelsea, when he was without a defensive midfielder, is remembered, an error that cost him his third European Cup.
Against him real Madrid This Wednesday, in the most important game of the season, Guardiola aims to repeat the eleven from the first leg, without changes.
“I am not going to overthink tomorrow, there is nothing special. Nothing unusual that we have not done this season,” said the Sampedor coach at a press conference.
This eleven unsurprisingly consists of a defense of three, with Kyle Walker on the right, Manuel Akanji on the left and Ruben Dias in the middle. The only one missing due to injury is Nathan Aké, who will not arrive in time for the game.
In midfield, Rodrigo Hernández will be joined by John Stones, Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne, while Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland are up front.
“We won’t do anything else Carlos (Ancelotti) don’t know or nobody here in England doesn’t know”, added Guardiola, who this time seems to have an ace up his sleeve.
Source: La Verdad
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